Brian Anderson, 24


Brian "Bucky" Anderson, age 24, of Broadway, Va., was killed in action at 05:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Afghanistan.

He was born on March 5, 1986, in Woodstock, Va.

Bucky was a 2004 graduate of Broadway High School. He was a four-year starter on the Broadway wrestling team and a three-year starter on the football team. Bucky was a two-time AA state champion in wrestling at 171 and 189 pounds and earned All-American status in the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association (MAWA) Eastern Nationals in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He wrestled at James Madison University the 2004 and 2005 season until the program was dropped to a club team.

Bucky was preceded in death by his grandparents, Loretta and Harry Kenneth Anderson Sr., and Uncle Jim Buck Helsley.

Bucky is survived by his father, Harry Kenneth Anderson Jr. (Kenny), and mother, Margaret Anderson of Broadway; sister, Jenny Rebecca Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.; brother, Kenneth Daniel Anderson (Andy) of Broadway; grandmother, Edna Kibler of Moorefield, W.Va.; aunt Carolyn Helsley of Edinburg, and aunt Debbie Anderson and uncle Renny Anderson of Charlotte, N.C.

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Broadway High School by Pastor Paul Roth and Pastor Richard Early, with burial following at Linville Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Monday, June 21, 2010, at Broadway High School from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant View Inc., P.O. Box 426, Broadway, VA 22815.

Grandle Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.grandlefuneralhome.com.